I recently learned, that due to their shortened breathing apparatus they also have massive problems with heat management. Dogs dont sweat like we do, they have to get rid of all the excess heat via panting. The excess heat gets transferred to the air when exhaling. The longer the breathing apparatus is, the better this works (due to increased surface area). Since pugs have such a short breathing apparatus this does not work at all.
I can hear its laborious breathing in the picture
I disagree fundamentally with PETA on almost every point. Short nose breeds maybe should be one of the things we stop making more of tho.
I recently learned, that due to their shortened breathing apparatus they also have massive problems with heat management. Dogs dont sweat like we do, they have to get rid of all the excess heat via panting. The excess heat gets transferred to the air when exhaling. The longer the breathing apparatus is, the better this works (due to increased surface area). Since pugs have such a short breathing apparatus this does not work at all.